Sweden is always a good place to go to have a load of fun and skate some good parks. The Stockholm Skatepark will be hosting the Quiksilver Mini Rampage September 6th, 2008. The action starts at one in the afternoon, costs 50 Kroner to enter and I believe “only” 40 skaters can start. - Check the [...]

The Matix Lord Of The Lines contest series has grabbed the attention of many street tech skaters as it’s possible to practice just about anywhere you want if you find a good ledge to ollie up to. It makes the jump across the Atlantic and will take place September 13th in Castleford, UK with £ [...]

The guys from Opposide DVD magazine in Germany have always been really active in the skateboarding scene, pulling out one contest event after another which are street-based and laid back events. The Rhein Main Jam II is as it says the second one of its kind, taking place in three different cities over the entire [...]

This mega event has been taking place for over a decade and attracts top pro skaters from around the globe to compete for a part of $110,000 US dollars. The Freestyle.ch takes place in the beautiful city of Zurich, Switzerland putting together three days of skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, FMX and Freeski plus movies, concerts and [...]

Switzerland will be the host for a few big European contests this month - more coming soon - and the brand new concrete skatepark in St. Gallen will be the place to be September 20th to battle it out for around 4000 Euros in prize money. On top of that Nixon will be giving away [...]

Just watched the video edit of the Thrasher Bust or Bail contest which took place yesterday with Ryan Sheckler coming out in first place, Andrew Reynolds taking second and Andrew Langi coming in third. David Gravette and Justin Figueroa did doubles on the rail and the slam of the day must go to Mellow Jay [...]

16th round of the King of S.K.A.T.E. video contest? Man, I bet a lot of you don’t even remember the days when somebody who could kickflip down a set of stairs was completely amazing on a board. Well, I do so it is that much more incredible to see how many skaters can do all [...]

Heading over to North America again for this piece of contest news and the Vans Backyard Party 08 will be taking place September 20th in Quebec at the South-Parc skatepark - check the map below for more details. It is a Pro/Am mini ramp contest but the mini ramp landscape has been formed to look [...]

How many damn good skaters are out there??? So many hard tricks are being shown to beat every week during the King of S.K.A.T.E video trick contest and now in the 15th round there are still 72 contestants fighting it out for the 2,500 Euro cash prize. This week the trick to beat sure isn’t getting [...]

Thrasher Magazine knows how to hold a contest and August 30th, 2008 (High Noon to 1PM—one hour only!) the Bust or Bail contest will be held at the 16-stair spot at the Paul-Revere School in San Francisco, California. To make sure “just a few” good skaters turn up $25,000 dollars in prize money will be [...]